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and to the Sea Guard of the United Nations referred to in Article VII of this 
Declaration. 
“9 Whenever a license owner fails to comply with any of the provisions of 
the license, such license may be canceled by the licensing authority, upon thirty 
days notice to the lieense owner, but subject to the right of resort to the Inter- 
national Court of Justice by such license owner. 
“10. Any dispute which may arise under this Article between States shall 
first be submitted for settlement by the licensing authority, which shall deter- 
mine its own procedure, assuring each party a full opportunity to be heard and 
to present its case. 
“11, In all cases of disputes under this Article, whether between States or 
between a State or States and the licensing authority, the licensing authority 
shall be empowered to make awards. 
“12. Tf the licensing authority shall not have rendered its decision within a 
reasonable period of time or if any party to a dispute under this Article desires 
review of the decision of the licensing authority, such dispute shall be within 
the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice as contemplated 
by paragraph 1 of Article 36 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, 
and may accordingly be brought before the Court by an application made by any 
party to the dispute, including the licensing authority in cases of noncompliance 
with its decisions. 
“TV—USE oF SEABED AND SUBSOIL OF OCEAN SPACE FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES 
ONLY 
“4. The seabed and subsoil of submarine areas of ocean space shall be used for 
peaceful purposes only. 
“2 All States shall refrain from the implacement or installation on or in the 
seabed or subsoil of ocean space of any objects containing nuclear weapons or 
any kinds of weapons of mass destruction, or the stationing of such weapons on 
or in the seabed or subsoil of ocean space in any other manner. 
“3. All States shall refrain from causing, encouraging, or in any way par- 
ticipating in the conduct of the activities described in paragraph 2 of this Article. 
“4. The prohibitions of this Article shall not prevent the use of miitary per- 
sonnel or equipment for scientific research or for any other peaceful purpose. 
“5. All stations, installations, equipment, sea vehicles, machines, and capsules, 
whether manned or unmanned, on the seabed or in the subsoil of ocean space 
shall be open to representatives of other States on a basis of reciprocity. Such 
representatives shall give reasonable advance notice of a projected visit in order 
that appropriate consultations may be held and that maximum precautions may 
be taken to assure safety and to avoid interference with normal operations in 
the facility to be visited. All such facilities shall be open at any time to the Sea 
Guard of the United Nations referred to in Article VII of this Declaration. 
“V—PROHIBITION AGAINST DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MATERIAL IN 
OcEAN SPACE 
“1. The disposal in ccean space of radioactive waste material shall be pro- 
hibited. 
“2. In the event of the conclusion of any other international agreements 
concerning the use of nuclear energy, including the disposal of radioactive waste 
material, to which all of the original parties to the international agreement 
implementing these principles are parties, the rules established under such 
agreements shall apply in ocean space. 
“VI—LIMiItTs oF CONTINENTAL SHELF 
“Tn order to assure freedom of the exploration and exploitation of ocean space 
and its resources as provided in these principles, there is a clear necessity 
that fixed limits must be set for defining the outer boundaries of the continental 
shelf of coastal States. For the purpose of these principles, the term ‘continental 
shelf’ is used as referring (a) to the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas 
adjacent to the coast but outside the area of the territorial sea to a depth of 
600 metres, and (b) to the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent 
to the coast of islands. 
